Arknights Music Is Inspired by Classical Music!? 

At this point, Arknights is a glorified add for a music company, so if you play Arknights, you like music, whatever the genre.

Classical music + Arknights, insta click. This season is truly a time to be an Arknights fan

Thank you so much for this amazing video. Very proud to have been part of this beautiful project. I loved your channel! Greetings from Brazil 🤘

The Singer's name is Airton Araujo, he's Brazilian, also, this song is fire, the opening of it really fits the character and the rest of the song without corrupting the original song from Schubert

Just a little explanation: In Arknights there are equivalent parties to our world and the country that represents Germany in this world is very focused on researching and perfecting 'arts' (the worlds magic system) and they do this by manipulating 'arts' with music. That is why Leithanians lore (the name of the country in Arknights world) is heavily based on German classical music and art. I'm even a bit pissed at this event because in their new event, that is based on the Italian mafia, they actually use Italian (and add Italian voice actors for the characters of the area), while they used English for this clearly German inspired event.

The fact you can recognized at the opening part is the same as Schubert's Ständchen is freakin' great. They really love to make historical references, Truly a Music Company!!!

It's so nice to hear that someone whose worked professionally in the classical music industry say that this song pays homage to the original Schubert piece! Thank you! Also you mentioned phantom of the opera vibes. If you enjoyed the theatrical aspect of this piece, I highly recommend taking a listen to another Arknights OST called: Rhythm in Literature next. Cheers Marco!

The event hasn't hit Global yet this song is just screams rage and sorrow 😭

What a blessing to be a Fan of Arknights

I've been hoodwinked, ive been bamboozled and I love it. The event this song is from hasn't come to global yet so I'm exited to see what other classical music they'll have when the event drops.

I love this song so much! I listen to it often since I love Classical music and this event is beautiful when it comes to it. Him and the event haven't released in Global but his name is Ebenholz. This song is perfect for him due to the fact that he is cursed by the Witch King and his voice forever lives in his mind trying to control him. I'm happy seeing the Arknights songs especially characters I absolutely love 💜

Ah you're going to enjoy this story arc of Arknights. Classical Music & Orchestra is the main theme of the nation they're currently at in the story here. Their battle theme is literally "Flight of the Bumblebee" (SPOILER) The character's name is Ebenholz and the song saying "Under my skin" is literally what it means, cuz the Witch King is constantly trying to take over him, whispering in his ear thus "Killing him from within"

Actually in that event, all the stages are named after famous classical music chapter name. Such as "Valse Brilliante, op.18" "Op.599" "Polka schnell" etc. They even got a new character named Czerny (I think was named after Carl Czerny). Really interesting.

The reason i love Marco's reactions so much(as well as other such content creators) is because they are able to give insight into some aspects of music that i already like but would never know otherwise. They manage to deepen my appreciation further.

I’m glad you picked up on the angst of the cello next to Ebenholz in the song. Ebenholz was a flautist alongside his cellist relative Kreide who passed away from oripathy (the mineral disease present in most of the game’s story) with his body being used as an originium arts catalyst by the antagonists of his story. The names Ebenholz and Kreide themselves are likely references to the ebony keys of the piano and the chalk used in string instrument maintenance

I hope you get hired by Hypergryph to sing for a composed song now that would be awesome.

This song is one of my favorites and you got it right! The character is associated with the musical stage along with his best friend. I can't delve into the story since it will spoil people and non-Arknights players but the story of that character, named Ebenholz, is pretty much angst. I guess it's one of the reasons Arknights developer chooses Ständchen as his character song. We should be able to read his story sometime around December because that's when his event & story will be released globally. Thank you for your video and I started to understand more about what Ständchen is about!

There's a joke in the community that Hypergryph (the developer of Arknights) is actually a music company that makes a game on the side. This is a great showing of it!

As a Arknights player and fan, I'm very enjoyed by the fact that you, as a professional, litteraly says this song is an homage to the original one! Thanks again for the video Marco and I hope you'll listen to more Arknights in the future! (and do more "music/character analysis too, it's always nice towatch 👀) As always, a few song I would recommend that *should* fit your style are : - Requiem (a must-listen-to, really) - Ensheath - March On! - Прощание - Silver Lining - Winter Absolution

Arknights has always been very referential in both its music and story, and one of my favourite parts of the community is just seeing people go, "Whoa, that's my language! I know that guy! I know that thing!" Recently, a new update was showcased, and one of the biggest creators in the global community was absolutely giddy to hear his language and see his culture in the game (trying to keep it spoiler free, but I'm talking about Kyo for those who know). It's just a great thing to see. If you're doing more Arknights, there's actually another piece heavily inspired by classical music called "Winter Absolution." It's in direct reference of the Gregorian chant, "Pange Lingua," and I think it's one of the best, definitely one of the most unique, in Arknights' repertoire.

YES! I've been waiting for this since the first Arknights video. Thank you for this and all the other Arknights content. I love these videos and I appreciate the willingness to go through all the songs you have.

Hadn't heard this yet since it's not yet out globally, but it's such a great song. Another piece of arknights music that's forever going to be stuck in my music playlist once it releases alongside like 50 others. As an arknights fan since it's release globally, I never expected it would get me into so many songs and music genres. Love the arknights videos, hoping to see more soon :)

Arknights got an insane amount variety in their music to the point it's almost impossible to not like at least like one of them, i'll be looking foward to see your takes on the other arknights music.

Thank you, thank you so much for covering more arknights music!!! Getting a professional opera singer react to my favorite songs feels surreal. Arknights music has a lot of genres including pop, hip hop, jazz, ballad, rock metal, techno, and orchestral songs. If I may, I'm very excited for you to hear arknights' most iconic theme called Towerfierce. It is composed by Go Shiina, the composer who made music for God Eater and Demon Slayer. Another epic song I'm excited to see is Arknights' own bloodborne inspired song, called Voices. Again, thank you so much for checking out standchen!! ❤

I might also recommend you take a look at "Radiant" and "Operation Lead Seal" (or any of the "Operation" songs - they are lobby themes for Contingency Contract events, think Events where you can apply buffs to the enemies or debuffs to your Operators for better rewards) Arknights has a wide span of genres, so there is a ton to look at, depending on what you feel like.

"The song is about getting your love to come to you" "There's a cello" Rip Kreide

> sees arknight music video We eating good tonight. Still hope you give Eternal Flame from arknights a listen

Ah, Standchen, the EP or character leitmotif for our boy, Ebenholz. The EP isn't released yet for the EN server, just for CN for now. The event, where this song and character were released, is called "Lingering Echoes," and from the trailer it is heavily music based, heck, the music that they used for the trailer started slow with a female singer then later transitioning to an orchestra as they introduced the new characters. Great trailer to watch, again, Hypergryph does not mess with their music.

Dear Marco. The only thing I can ask of you is to listen to the song "Прощание". It’s another Arknights ost, that just left me devastated. As a person who is completely far from that kind of music, I was incredibly shocked by this composition. Honestly, I just sat there, feeling empty, and thought about what I just heard (song is performed in my native language) for a while. I hope that you will appreciate this work of art.

Nice! Recommended this in the last Arknights reaction video, probably just a coincidence lol. Arknights has so many other tracks that are great and so Diverse. I strongly recommend Winter Absolution, it’s got this sacred vibe to it combined with the Greek Vocals. Another one of my favorite is “And Yet It Wines”, Traditional Chinese instrument mixed with Jazz

Glad you decided to cover more Arknights. I'll always be here for those videos!

i can't wait for you to check out more of their ost, it's one of the cases where the tracks aren't just background noise but something truly enriching for the fun you have in the game

Now that the event has been released there is an additional context, you see Ebenholz, the featured character of the song essentially has an eldritch voice being, a work of the monstrous witch king residing in his head. After the featured event was over it turns out the voice cant bear rock rock music and is quiet when its up soEbenholz went well then, Imma do a rock opera to spite you!

A bit disappointed that you didn't analyze the lyrics like you aways do but learning about the song's history is also interesting. Please react to more arknights song!

I haven't played Arknights or anything, but I guess now i've learned a little bit more of Standchen and Schubert : )

Marco, I love Arknights music a LOT. Like many comments already said Arknights is just the facade of a really good music company. And you wouldn't belive how hyped I am for more reaction's to Arknights Music, especially some of the Character Theme Songs, since the lyrics of the song are essentially telling the Story of the Character. (Also I want to see how much you can guess the personality and motivation of the Characters based on there Songs)

Damn, I never went and listened to this song before now. Maybe that was for the best since it took me a good long time to start tolerating English lyrics in video game soundtracks for some reason. I was absolutely not prepared for the whole ass electric guitar and everything. Hypergryph is truly beyond comprehension. Funniest part of it all is that, as far as I’m aware, they actually are a music company lol That or the people they employ do music for a lot of other things, not completely sure They just up and decided to make Arknights once upon a time and holy SHIT. The music, the story, character designs, audio effects, animations…all of it is done by Hypergryph as far as I know and all of it is of simply astounding quality.

I really hope you can react to Arknights Shining's theme "Winter Absolution" to hear your thoughts about it. The song is sung in Latin, and it is a rendition of a famous hymn "Pange Lingua" but with a twist

i love arknights and his music no matter the genre they release its always interesting to hear, marco i love your reactions and today i learned one or two things about classical music, didn't knew the first part of the song was already a fragment of an already existing song wow! and a very popular one, can't wait to see you reacting to Requiem and Прощание from this game

It’s so mind blowing and hits different when hearing a song and then seeing a music proffesional discuss the song and it’s origins and what it stands for. It really makes me appreciate the music and effort Arknights puts into there songs. Anytime Arknights drops a new genre I always walk out with a new genre of music I enjoy.

I found your channel a week or so ago and am just hooked on listening to your breakdowns. You do such a great job. I would recommend checking out the Arknights song 'Awaken' if you get the chance.

Thanks for the insight about this song, it's really nice to hear that from someone who understand it. I'll wait for your another arknights reaction, especially "awaken"

Aw man, I love this song so dang much AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Oh dang, I've been really looking forward for you to react to this, this is definitely a good way to start my day!

I love how Ständchen was done and how the background music of it. Loved you singing to it!

Arknights is just a music company that happened to have a game with a ridiculously good cast and story added on lmao, i love just how stupidly diverse and well done every piece is and every time a new char gets announced half the hype for me is just trying to m Imagine what beautiful work of art the music associated with them is going to be like lol

People have been raving over Arknights music, so I'm glad you're covering it. This is my first time listening as well, and it's just so good. On a separate note, there's a really cool video I stumbled upon called "Mozart vs Pokémon" and it really highlights the evolution of classical music into videogame music.

for whatever reason I could sadly only hear/understand 50% of your Ständchen acustic wise but the other half sounded really great/good to understand compared to so many other attempts on the german language I heared on yt^^ great job looking forward to more ak ost/songs in the future mfg Olli

I really like your explanation about standchen and again, thank you so much! as a part of AK community, I really like you react AK music lately. please reach another Arknight music. "minima" or "awaken" or "invitation to wine boss theme" can't wait to see your another react!

standchen.... such a beautiful song... tbh, I didn't expect to hear this classic song in tower defense game at first but well, this is arknights after all, always full of surprised. I'm excited to see how reaction in another Arknight song, try "minima" or "invitation of wine boss ost", those two are really cool as heck! note : I really like when you also sing standchen. it's really rad! hope to see your another sing again!

Its wild. Not very familar with this type of music or arknights, but been exploring all their amazing songs. This one was on repeat for a few days and I thought to myself this reminds me of Marco, and here it is on the channel! Awesome to learn about the background of the song, I didnt know it had a bit of history

I've said this every time i've heard this song, from the first time I heard the vocals; It's Kamelot lol

I'm totally unspoiled for Ebenholz event and it is almost here on EN server, i can't wait to actually know his story.

One really good one you need to react to is Arknights’ login screen theme, both the old and the new version if you want to

Your reactions and insight is immensely interesting! Been going through a bunch of your videos recently. Very well done and enjoyable. If you havent heard I would recommend Serpent Eating The Ground from Bravely Default. One of my all time favorite.

I’ve heard this melody before but never knew what it was. Sounds so familiar, I just don’t know where I have heard it. Now I know.

I have only just discovered your channel and am absolutely loving it both as an Arknights fan and amateur musician Thanks for the great video!

I haven't looked through your channel but Kings Raid has some very beautiful and powerful music that embodies the story, the characters heart break, the resolve and change, and the desperation that they experience. Would be cool to see you react to that.

Yes, more Arknights music! Love hearing your impressions of them with the perspective and insight of a musical professional, and I've discovered many rocking tunes through your channel! If you enjoy reacting to more of Arknights' soundtrack, I'd like to suggest more from the Abyssal Hunters' story (Stultifera Navis: Awaken and The Golden Age Will Return Again, and Caerula Arbor's boss battle theme 02) but there's really too many bangers to mention in that game's soundtrack. Cheers!

Since I didn’t see others mention it, here’s some detail on the character this song is the theme of. Spoiler warning for anyone waiting for this event’s release in English. As the song implies, it’s a classic tale of tragedy. The pictured character is Ebenholz, one of two individuals who survived a decade of child experimentation. Despite being close, they separate once free in order to forget their past. Years later they meet again but after becoming close once more, lasting effects from the experiment start corrupting Eben’s friend. Ultimately leading to Eben having to kill his first friend/“brother” to stop his endless pain and rampage.

this best male voice artist in arknights that i really love

Standchen is definitely up there for my favourite songs Arknights has made. It's Top 5 at minimum, possibly in the Top 3.

Arknights is a musical game disguising itself as tower defence game with great plot full of deaths, despair, partings, betrayal, the darkness of hearts and..., sometimes goofiness.

The event is finally out and found this video in my recommendation. I learned about this song thanks to you, you are also an amazing singer Hypergyph should HIRE YOU!!

This is one of my favourite EP from Arknights tbh, a leitmotif for a charcter named Ebenholz who had a pretty depressing story in the Lingering Echoes event, as you can see in the lyric...

Oho, I’m not too familiar with Schubert (tho I definitely have to change that) so it’s very interesting to find out that Arknighth’s Standchen is a variation on an existing song. Loved its vibe so I’m sure I’d quite enjoy the original too! Loved the reaction too :3

Wow what a coincidence, just listened to this song a few days ago and thought it was beautiful, played Arknights for a few weeks and gotta say their operator themes are really good

Great video, as always! Btw, I recommend you check out Awaken, the song for our beloved shark nun Specter!

Ebenholtz E2 splash art goes hard as fuck. Love his design.

Bloodborne OST were the ones who awoken my taste for classics, and Arknights becomes the ones who lit my love for it. HyperGryph have always got "memed" for being a music company instead of game, solely because despite Arknights being a RTS tower defense game, the OST and BGM they made are always quite a banger!! You might want to check out the BGMs, and I recommend that you try the Boss BGM of the current event of new story campaign

Oh wow, what a gorgeous song, I love it! THat's another cool thing about following this channel, I'm introduced to songs from games I don't play, and sometimes we have gems like this one. I was also surprised to see that the singer is Brazilian, too! I don't think Ive heard of him before, but that name is 200% BR haha. Apparently he's indeed a more metal-inclined singer, which shows a lot here. So cool!

Arknights has like every genre so it's not surprising it has classical music. I'm waiting for the day they do symphonic metal. I haven't heard anything regarding this event since it hasn't released in global. The next event we are getting is Stultifera Navis, which has a sea shanty for a boss theme. If you plan on doing more Arknights music, I highly recommend duskdragon from the Who is Real? event. It uses traditional Chinese instruments as the event is for the region of the game based on China. Honestly though, it might be worth listening to the whole soundtrack for that event since its just so good.

Love this content, Arknights is basically a music company masquerading as a game. Would LOVE to see more Arknights content covered, there's so many different genres.

Arknights even made Flight of the Bumblebee the most epic part about the boss fight

I've been tricked, I've been backstabbed and I've been quite possibly... bamboozled... now inject more of this in my veins.

Hell yeah i love classical music. The first ever piece of classical music i remember listening to is Vivaldi's Four Seasons in my elementary school. Fell in love ever since \o/

Now we need Arknights ep - requiem. It’s on Russian language and it’s so good

Oh wow, haven't heard this track yet, it's really nice And I once again recommend "Stay Gold", also from Arknights I think you would like it, it has a really uplifting vibe to it, imo

Nice explanation about the historical story behind the song. I wanna see how you react with Arknights OST "Keep the Torch"

I'm so happy you listened to this one

It's funny you mention Phantom of the Opera, when there's a whole character named Phantom based around that play in the game. Would highly recommend Curtain Call and "Rglk1phantomcastle", the latter being the theme that plays during the event based around Phantom.

So it's probably been suggested a bunch, but I would love to hear your thoughts on the wild ride of a song that is Awaken. It takes heavy influence from musicals and is just a blast to listen to!

I don’t actively seek out classical music, but I like it when modern artists covers classic stuffs. As far as I know, My Chemical Romance did a cover of Romance

It's always fun to learn classical music from you, you seem really passionate talking abt it, and I also appreciate the insight I get from listening to you. Might I recommend you Ensheath? :D

Golden age next? great vid as always

wow your singing voice is so good!!

Please do more Arknights! I love your reactions to them

I found your channel yesterday and I'm absolutely in love in how much history, knowledge and funfacts you can share. You've earned a sub! I do absolutely adore the music pieces from Arknights, they are way better than you'd expect from a Anime tower defense gacha game. You said that if we like this, we like classical music. Can you recommend some pieces to get into classical music from this?

Sparkle from Your Name by Radwimps

My favorite musical producer is arknights 😳

New subscriber and the first video on your channel I watch was the frostpunk and I love Opera

looking forward to you reacting to Ensheath :D or.... maybe even covering this one? :D

If you like Arknight Music, here's some I highly recommend - Dsdevr - Wlfmster - Art of Blade - Guiding Ahead - Matyr - Sfsui

I love how the subtitles are just "Marco sings in German" lol

I won't believe ARKNIGHTS is a tower defense mobile game at first, until I heard its song. The song that draws me into the game is Renegade and the story seal the deal for me.

When I hear this and I know the latest main story is based on Britain…. God I can not wait to possibly hear what they do with Wales music wise cause Wales is also known as the land of song, a welsh choir would be right up Hypergraph’s alley.

Oh shit... I was wondering why I thought that music from Signalis sounded familiar: I've watched this video before, which is where I first learned about Standchen.

I've never played Arknights, but Standchen is one of my favorites!!

If you ever take recommendations from comments and want some more lyrical video game music you should check out Empress of Fire (the French version is the best IMO) and/or Enchanter from Dragon Age: Inquisition. It has a whole collection of tavern songs, but those two are the best.

OMG IF YOURE DOING ARKNIGHTS PLEASE DO THE HEART OF SURGING FLAMES THEME MUSIC!!!! Its in my top 5 of music in video games I would love to see your analysis on it!